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Printable Version
FOR RELEASE JANUARY 28, 2002
Contact: Deborah Gardner, Halstead Communications 212-734-2190
Sharon Witherell, IIE 212-984-5380
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PRESENTS
ANDREW HEISKELL AWARDS FOR INNOVATION IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Four U.S. Campuses Recognized For Outstanding International Initiatives
New York, NY, January 28, 2002 - The winners of the first annual Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education were announced today at the Institute of International Education (IIE) in New York City. In presenting the awards, IIE president Allan E. Goodman said, "The Heiskell Awards were created to honor and advance the most outstanding initiatives being conducted by IIENetwork member campuses to increase international learning and global mobility on campus." These initiatives, profiled below, are noteworthy for their success in removing barriers to international study and increasing participation in the international elements of teaching and learning. The Heiskell awards are named in honor of noted publisher and philanthropist Andrew Heiskell, the former Chairman and CEO of Time Inc. and a longtime advocate for international education, who took part in today's awards presentation. Mr. Heiskell is Chairman Emeritus of the New York Public Library and a dedicated member of IIE's Board of Trustees.
Dr. Goodman announced the Winners and Honorable Mentions in the three Award categories:
STUDY ABROAD: providing innovative programs and services and making study abroad more accessible to a broader student population. Winner: San Diego State University - Undergraduate International Business Program. Honorable Mention awarded to Barnard College for its Study Abroad Communications Project and Brookdale Community College for its Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
OUTSTANDING FACULTY PROGRAM: encouraging faculty to teach or conduct research abroad and to integrate their overseas experience into home campus teaching. Winner: University Of Missouri - Columbia - Global Scholars Program. Honorable Mention awarded to Colorado State University for its International Development Faculty Mentoring Program; Emory University for its Faculty Study Trip Program of the Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning; and University of Richmond for its Faculty Seminar Abroad.
INTERNATIONALIZING THE CAMPUS: advancing curriculum development and providing services to international students. Co-Winners: Juniata College - Language in Motion; Montana State University - Arabic Language and Middle East/North Africa Studies Program. Honorable Mention awarded to University of Colorado at Denver for its International Colleges Program; University of Nebraska (Omaha) for its International Studies and Programs Campus and Community Service Project.
The Institute launched a new "Best Practices" Web page today on the IIENetwork Website, www.iienetwork.org, to showcase profiles of all of the winning programs and those receiving honorable mention, as a resource for the international educational community worldwide. The IIENetwork is a forum for member colleges, universities, and non-profit educational exchange agencies to share experience and knowledge and build relationships that strengthen professional practices. IIE and its new IIENetwork website are considered to be the leading sources of research on current international student mobility and trends in the field. Each of the winning programs will also receive a $1,000 prize and will be featured in the Spring 2002 issue of the IIENetworker magazine, and highlighted by IIE as one of the best practices in the international education field throughout the year.
"We were extremely impressed by the innovative programs submitted by IIENetwork members in this inaugural year of the Heiskell Awards, and we look forward to continuing the Awards in the future," said Dr. Goodman. "Our goal is to foster new and innovative international programs that broaden opportunities and remove barriers for students and faculty. We also hope to bring international education to the forefront of education policy and to increase public awareness about the benefits of study abroad and international educational exchange. In the aftermath of September 11, IIE is more dedicated than ever to promoting mutual understanding and working to keep the world's educational doors open, in the belief that educational exchange helps make the world safer and more secure."
Members of the Heiskell Awards Selection Committee for 2002 include some of the leading experts in the field of international education. They are: Phillip G. Altbach, Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College; Britta Baron, Director, German Academic Exchange Service; Madeleine F. Green, Vice President and Director, Center for Institutional and International Initiatives, American Council on Education; Karlheinz Muhr, Chairman and CEO, KM Management; Dr. L. Jay Oliva, President, New York University; and Diane J. Paton Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Institute of International Education.
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The Institute of International Education is the world leader in the international exchange of people and ideas. An independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1919, the Institute is the world's most experienced global higher education and professional exchange organization. IIE has a network of 19 offices worldwide, over 600 college and university members, and more than 5,000 volunteers. IIE designs and implements programs of study and training for students, educators, young professionals and trainees from all sectors with funding from government and private sources. These programs include the Fulbright and Humphrey Fellowships, administered for the U.S. Department of State, and The Global Training for Development program administered for USAID. The Institute is a resource for educators and institutions worldwide, publishing Academic Year Abroad and Short Term Study Abroad and operating www.IIEPassport.org, the search engine for study abroad programs. IIE also conducts policy research and provides advising and counseling on international education and opportunities abroad. Information on the Institute can be obtained from our Website: http://www.iie.org.
IIE ANDREW HEISKELL AWARDS 2002
STUDY ABROAD
WINNER: SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
Undergraduate International Business Program
Submitted by: Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco, Chair, International Business Program
SDSU's international business majors must enroll for a minimum of one full-time semester abroad at any one of 50 business schools in 15 countries and take business courses in the host country's language.
San Diego State University's undergraduate international business program sponsors a study abroad program that is fully integrated into the international business curriculum and is required of all 734 international business majors. SDSU's international business majors must enroll full-time for a minimum of one semester abroad at any one of 50 business schools in 15 countries on four continents. Study abroad is discipline-specific, i.e., students must complete four business courses taught in the host country's language. While abroad, SDSU's international business students compete for grades alongside native students. SDSU has also pioneered the development of transnational dual and triple degree programs, which place students in business schools abroad for three to four semesters, and SDSU students receive bachelor's degrees from these institutions. SDSU's international business study abroad program has also served as a model for the rest of the campus, and other academic units have adopted parts of this model. In large part because of the program's impact on study abroad on campus, SDSU was ranked 11th in study abroad enrollments among doctoral universities in the Institute of International Education's Open Doors report for 1999-2000. In 1997, fewer than 100 students studied abroad at SDSU, an institution of over 30,000 students.
OUTSTANDING FACULTY PROGRAMS
WINNER: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - COLUMBIA
Global Scholars Program
Submitted by: Dr. James L. McCartney, Director
Emphasizing teaching renewal, MU's Global Scholars offers a comprehensive faculty development program. More than 100 participating faculty - reaching over 4,000 students annually - have created or redesigned 118 courses to include an international focus.
In 1996 the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) announced an international vision and mission statement for the 21st century, with the intention of significantly expanding international opportunities for undergraduate students within the land-grant tradition. To broaden the reach of international education at MU, the Global Scholars Program was designed to have a maximum impact on the general undergraduate population, regardless of major field of study. Modeled on MU's nationally recognized Campus Writing Program, which emphasizes teaching renewal, Global Scholars offers a comprehensive faculty development program that includes: annual international (summer seminar) experiences, individual grants, teaching workshops and continuous mentoring and monitoring. As a result, in the first three years of the program alone, a corps of 103 faculty have either newly developed or significantly revised 118 courses to include an international focus. The combined annual enrollment in these classes reaches well over 4,000 students annually. In addition to this substantial and swift impact on the curriculum, Global Scholars has established at MU an unprecedented campus-wide commitment to internationalization.
IIE ANDREW HEISKELL AWARDS 2002
INTERNATIONALIZING THE CAMPUS
CO-WINNER: JUNIATA COLLEGE
Language in Motion
Submitted by: Deborah Roney, Ph.D., Program Director
After participating in workshops on language teaching methodology, distance learning techniques, and idea development, Juniata students work with local public school language teachers to create language and cultural activities for appropriate grade levels to enrich language classrooms in small rural schools.
Language in Motion is an innovative cooperative outreach program using international students, study abroad returnees, and upper-level foreign language students to enrich small, rural, public school language classrooms. After participating in workshops on language teaching methodology, distance learning techniques, and idea development, the college students work with local public school language teachers to create language and cultural activities appropriate to various grade levels. Presentations are made in and about French, German, Russian, and Spanish, both in the classrooms and via distance learning. Presentations on other languages and countries are occasionally offered to show public school students the breadth of human culture. This replicable model increases young people's interest in second-language learning and study abroad while engaging international and language students in community-based service learning. Professional development opportunities for local language teachers strengthen the impact of the program and the quality of the teaching in the local schools.
CO-WINNER: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BOZEMAN
Arabic Language and Middle East/North Africa Cultural Studies Program
Submitted by: Norman J. Peterson, Ph.D, Director, Office of International Programs
A model for colleges desiring to provide instruction in less-commonly taught languages, the Arabic Project integrates distance education technologies, faculty expertise, international students, and study abroad to provide students with three or more years of instruction in Modern Standard Arabic and study in Morocco.
The Arabic Project addresses the important challenge of providing instruction in less-commonly-taught languages. As financial resources become scarcer, this program has modeled how to internationalize on-campus course offerings and integrate them with study abroad experiences in an affordable and sustainable way to create a new approach to university-level language instruction. This is achieved by reconfiguring other resources: combining distance education technologies, faculty expertise, international students, and study abroad opportunities. Through a design that carefully integrates these four resources, the Arabic Project offers the opportunity for student at participating institutions to take three or more years of Modern Standard Arabic, including a semester or academic year in Morocco. The design of the Arabic project is based on several mutually supportive instructional mechanisms, including the integration of technology with more traditional elements (e.g. study abroad and Teaching Assistants) and the seamless integration between the language curriculum the student follows on the home campus and the continuation of the language program pursued during study abroad. This instructional program is built around a consortium of universities developed specifically for the Arabic Project with a unique division of responsibilities. Participating institutions pool resources for the common instructional program and pay for the local costs.
Note: More detailed profiles of the four winning programs, as well as profiles of the Honorable Mention recipients in each Award category, are showcased on the new "Best Practices" section of the IIENetwork Website, www.iienetwork.org.
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